Tolu Smith has the best defensive rating in the 2026 playoffs, with a 93.1 rating.

Interpreted as:

lowest defensive rating by a player playoff 2026

	NAME	DRTG	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Tolu Smith T. Smith	93.1	2025-26	DET	3	2.3	1.3	0.7	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.7	0.7	100.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		100.0	0.0	0.7	0.3	7	4	2	0	1	0	1	0	+4
2	Kelly Olynyk K. Olynyk	98.0	2025-26	SAS	9	3.9	2.8	0.8	0.3	0.4	0.0	0.9	1.7	53.3	0.6	0.9	62.5	0.4	0.8	57.1	69.1	0.0	0.8	0.4	35	25	7	3	4	0	4	3	+5
3	Ariel Hukporti A. Hukporti	99.0	2025-26	NYK	9	8.2	1.9	3.4	0.2	0.2	0.7	0.6	1.2	45.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.8	1.7	46.7	48.3	1.4	2.0	0.6	74	17	31	2	2	6	5	18	+10
4	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	100.1	2025-26	SAS	21	34.0	24.0	10.7	2.7	1.0	3.5	8.0	16.4	49.1	1.8	5.1	35.2	6.1	7.2	84.9	61.5	2.3	8.4	2.7	713	505	225	57	21	73	57	52	+199
5	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	100.2	2025-26	NYK	18	30.8	16.7	10.6	5.2	1.2	1.3	5.7	10.0	56.7	1.4	3.1	47.3	3.9	4.3	90.9	70.1	2.6	8.0	2.5	555	300	191	93	21	23	45	71	+262
6	Mason Plumlee M. Plumlee	100.3	2025-26	SAS	6	3.0	0.7	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.5	0.3	0.5	66.7	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		66.7	0.0	0.7	0.2	18	4	4	2	0	3	1	4	-2
7	Joan Beringer J. Beringer	100.6	2025-26	MIN	5	4.6	3.2	2.2	0.0	0.4	0.4	1.0	1.8	55.6	0.0	0.0		1.2	1.6	75.0	63.9	1.0	1.2	0.6	23	16	11	0	2	2	3	0	+1
8	Josh Hart J. Hart	101.1	2025-26	NYK	18	31.9	10.3	8.8	4.7	1.8	0.2	3.9	9.1	43.6	1.4	4.4	31.3	1.0	1.7	60.0	52.5	1.1	7.8	1.9	575	185	159	85	32	4	35	48	+186
9	Ronald Holland II R. Holland II	101.4	2025-26	DET	9	6.4	1.4	1.6	0.1	0.4	0.2	0.4	1.4	30.8	0.2	0.9	25.0	0.3	0.6	60.0	42.8	0.1	1.4	0.3	58	13	14	1	4	2	3	9	+15
10	Ron Harper Jr. R. Harper Jr.	101.6	2025-26	BOS	6	4.2	1.8	0.7	0.2	0.5	0.0	0.7	1.5	44.4	0.5	1.0	50.0	0.0	0.0		61.1	0.2	0.5	0.0	25	11	4	1	3	0	0	1	+8
11	Mitchell Robinson M. Robinson	102.2	2025-26	NYK	17	13.6	5.0	5.2	0.3	0.4	0.6	2.0	2.9	68.0	0.0	0.0		1.0	3.3	30.4	56.9	2.4	2.8	0.5	231	85	89	5	7	11	8	26	+26
12	Franz Wagner F. Wagner	102.7	2025-26	ORL	4	30.5	16.8	5.5	3.5	2.8	0.3	6.3	14.3	43.9	0.8	2.3	33.3	3.5	3.8	93.3	52.7	1.0	4.5	1.5	122	67	22	14	11	1	6	8	+23
13	Jose Alvarado J. Alvarado	102.8	2025-26	NYK	17	9.4	4.4	1.4	1.2	0.6	0.1	1.7	3.6	46.8	0.7	1.9	37.5	0.3	0.4	83.3	58.0	0.1	1.3	0.6	159	75	24	21	10	2	10	20	+96
14	Luke Kornet L. Kornet	103.0	2025-26	SAS	22	13.0	3.8	4.0	0.7	0.6	0.7	1.5	2.6	57.9	0.0	0.0	100.0	0.8	1.0	77.3	63.0	1.8	2.2	0.5	286	84	88	16	14	16	11	40	-32
15	Ausar Thompson A. Thompson	103.4	2025-26	DET	14	30.5	8.2	7.9	3.1	2.0	1.8	3.5	6.9	50.5	0.1	0.5	14.3	1.1	2.2	51.6	52.0	3.2	4.6	1.6	427	115	110	44	28	25	23	41	+4
16	Jeremy Sochan J. Sochan	103.6	2025-26	NYK	7	3.7	2.9	0.7	0.3	0.1	0.1	1.0	1.3	77.8	0.1	0.3	50.0	0.7	1.1	62.5	79.9	0.1	0.6	0.1	26	20	5	2	1	1	1	2	-20
17	OG Anunoby	103.7	2025-26	NYK	16	34.6	20.7	6.2	1.8	1.4	1.1	6.8	11.7	57.8	2.7	5.3	50.6	4.5	5.2	86.7	74.0	0.9	5.3	0.6	553	331	99	28	23	18	9	40	+161
18	Tari Eason T. Eason	104.3	2025-26	HOU	6	32.5	13.8	6.7	1.7	2.5	0.7	5.2	10.8	47.7	1.7	5.0	33.3	1.8	2.2	84.6	58.7	2.0	4.7	0.8	195	83	40	10	15	4	5	22	+10
19	Goga Bitadze G. Bitadze	104.6	2025-26	ORL	6	13.8	2.8	4.0	0.3	0.3	1.7	1.0	2.5	40.0	0.0	0.0		0.8	1.2	71.4	47.0	2.2	1.8	0.7	83	17	24	2	2	10	4	14	-25
20	Sidy Cissoko S. Cissoko	104.7	2025-26	POR	4	6.5	2.8	1.3	0.3	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.5	40.0	0.5	1.3	40.0	0.3	0.3	100.0	52.7	0.5	0.8	0.3	26	11	5	1	4	0	1	4	+6
21	Joe Ingles J. Ingles	104.9	2025-26	MIN	3	4.7	2.3	0.7	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.7	1.0	66.7	0.7	1.0	66.7	0.3	0.7	50.0	90.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	14	7	2	0	2	0	1	0	+5
22	Anthony Black A. Black	104.9	2025-26	ORL	7	28.0	8.6	3.1	1.4	2.1	0.7	2.9	7.7	37.0	1.0	3.1	31.8	1.9	3.0	61.9	47.4	0.3	2.9	0.7	196	60	22	10	15	5	5	19	-61
23	Pacôme Dadiet P. Dadiet	105.8	2025-26	NYK	7	5.7	2.9	1.0	0.4	0.3	0.0	1.1	2.3	50.0	0.4	1.1	37.5	0.1	0.3	50.0	59.2	0.3	0.7	0.3	40	20	7	3	2	0	2	1	-3
24	Alperen Sengun A. Sengun	106.0	2025-26	HOU	6	38.7	20.3	10.2	4.7	1.8	1.3	7.7	16.5	46.5	0.2	1.3	12.5	4.8	7.0	69.0	51.9	3.5	6.7	3.0	232	122	61	28	11	8	18	21	-3
25	Paolo Banchero P. Banchero	106.2	2025-26	ORL	7	39.0	26.3	9.0	6.3	1.4	0.7	8.6	20.4	42.0	2.0	6.0	33.3	7.1	10.6	67.6	52.4	1.3	7.7	3.4	273	184	63	44	10	5	24	18	-17

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Team Leaders

PPG

28.1

Cunningham

RPG

8.5

Duren

APG

7.5

Cunningham

Team Rankings

ORTG

117.9

10th

DRTG

109.7

2nd

NETRTG

8.2

3rd

3P%

35.6

17th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	60	22	.732
2	Celtics	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors	46	36	.561	14.0

Last Game

Cavaliers

4 - 3

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Final

Pistons

3 - 4

Sun 17 May 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

Playoffs PPG Leaders

28.1

Cunningham

27.6

Gilgeous-Alexander

27.4

Brunson

Playoffs RPG Leaders

13.2

Jokić

10.7

Wembanyama

10.7

Tatum

Playoffs APG Leaders

9.5

Jokić

8.6

Barnes

7.9

Gilgeous-Alexander

Playoffs SPG Leaders

2.8

Wagner

2.5

Eason

2.4

Smart

Playoffs BPG Leaders

3.5

Wembanyama

1.8

Thompson

1.8

Mobley

Playoffs 3PM Leaders

3.6

Bane

3.5

Brooks

3.3

Hachimura

Playoffs TS% Leaders

150.0

Richardson

113.6

Davison

107.8

Nnaji

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

Playoffs ORtg Rankings

121.5

119.3

115.1

113.7

111.7

111.5

Playoffs DRtg Rankings

105.4

106.9

107.4

108.5

109.0

110.7

Playoffs NetRtg Rankings

16.1

8.2

7.4

3.0

1.7

-1.7

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

Playoffs FanDuel Points Leaders

1,085.5

Wembanyama

757.7

Castle

755.7

Towns

Playoffs DraftKings Points Leaders

1,069.8

Wembanyama

795.8

Castle

780.8

Towns

Playoffs USG% Leaders

40.4

Smith

40.1

Williams

34.9

Goodwin

Playoffs MPG Leaders

44.0

Thompson

42.0

Smith

41.0

Durant

Playoffs FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

2.00

Richardson

1.66

Beringer

1.53

Reed

Playoffs DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

2.33

Richardson

1.58

Beringer

1.55

Jokić

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-34

61-43

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

56-44

Worst Record ATS

33-49

41-59

36-48

38-50

36-46

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0